The world, cold, frigid and icy blue, freezing him inside and outside.īlue are the streets and all the trees are too. Note that 'everything he sees' is blue, as if the world itself, not his soul, is polluted. If we take the word blue to mean 'sad' or 'down,' then the opening verse in fact sets out an all-consuming depression incurred by the oppressive suffocation of modern existence. While yes, the video does feature actual little blue men (more on that later), it's possible here to read far more into Jey's words.
It's important, from the offset, to understand the multi-faceted meanings behind the word 'blue.' It would be a mistake to think that Eiffel 65's lead vocalist Jeffrey Jey is refering solely to the color blue in this instance.
Is just blue like him inside and outside.' Let's start by unpacking the lyrics of 'Blue (Da Ba Dee),' beginning with opening verse.Ībout a little guy that lives in a blue world,Īnd all day and all night and everything he sees,
